Support The Hobby
I would like to point out to the News Brief readers that there are three organizations taking on the challenge
for various pieces of legislation dealing with metal detecting and gold prospecting. MDHTALK's recommendation is to visit their website and give strong consideration to joining the
fight. In some cases your support may be to send emails and / or write a letter to specific legislators or to provide funds to help with the fight.
Here are the three organizations and a link to their website. TFMDRF - Task Force for Metal Detecting Rights Foundation WMA - Western Mining Alliance PLP - Public lands for the People

What is a News Brief? The news brief only provides a brief look into any news event. The intent of the news brief is to provide you
the reader with news clips on what is taking place in the hobby. To get the whole story select the Article Link or go to
MDHTALK.org. There are more news stories placed on the
MDHTALK website in July. The stories listed in the MDHTALK News Brief are just a portion of all the hobby related news in July.

Website Article or the Month.Have you every wanted to know what it cost to enter the metal detecting hobby and start detecting?
The article and investment cost table in this month's featured article will provide you with some insight to this question with
cost benchmarks associated with each of the different areas of metal detecting. The investment cost table should provide you with a two column analysis (good and best) for an area, however,
for some areas there will be just one cost analysis column. One column will define a good investment and the other column a best investment
and each column has dollar figures for comparison.

Before getting involved in metal detecting you should do some up front research rather than just go out and purchase a metal
detector. Your first detector need not be expensive but should be purchased for a specific type of detecting. The various areas and
sub-areas of detecting are high lighted below and are used for the column headings in the investment cost table at the end of the article.
Featured Article LinkCalculate Your Investment Cost with this Excel Sheet

The Mother Lode Goldhounds meet every month at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Auburn, Calif. Discussions and presentations on finding gold are frequency held at the meetings.
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Minelab has just introduced a new Hand Held Pin-pointer called Pro-Find 25. It tends to look at lot like Garrett Pro but has some additional features. It is a VLF pin-pointer with a sensitivity adjustment control.
Go to the Minelab Site

Apollonia National Park, near Herzliya gave up a Gold coin cache valued at over $100,000. This is one of the largest caches every found in Israel.
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A metal detectorist finds a rare Middle Ages Saxon relic a day after buying his first metal detector.
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Swiss Gardener finds ten Gold Ingots Worth $126,000 under a bush near the Swiss border. Under Swiss law the finder can get the ingots in five years if no one claims them.
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Jersey. With the recent discovery of 50,000 Celtic coins, a number of other treasure items have been found inside the mass of coins.
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After reviewing thousands of historical submissions, a panel of archaeological experts have chosen the 50 greatest National Treasures.
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Potteries Museum in Hanley. A new exhibit of previously not seen items from the Staffordshire Hoard are on display.
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Dodderhill History Society hosted a visit for members of The Midland Metal Detecting Club. A MMDC member gave a talk on his detecting experiences around the village.
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Jewelry Returns

Marco Island, Florida. – A visitor was at an all time low when she lost her engagement and wedding rings in the surf. A local detectorist comes to the rescue.
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A couples lost engagement ring is found by a friend’s three day detecting effort at Lake Eric.
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A lost wedding band found after two years is returned by a detectorist at no charge. The no charge was a surprise
to the owner since the owner had been watching the new American Digger show that high lights selling items for money.
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Women losses her ring in the local park and received three acts of kindness from individuals who volunteered to look for it. But before that could happen another women finds the ring and turns it in to the proper authorities.
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An Eau Claire man lost his high school ring 27 years ago. The Eau Claire man received an email from a Virginia detectorist who found the ring the same year but failed to find the owner at that time. With the
assistance of the internet the detectorist locates the man who lost the ring.
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Legislation and Regulation Issues

Gettyburg National Monument officials say treasure hunters are not welcome. Someone dug 23 holes at the monument recently. Digging for relics in a National Monument can bring fines up to $100,000 with jail time.
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Task Force for Metal Detecting Rights Foundation Is asking for help. Please take one minute and let the people of Louisville, KY know that you would like to see Metal Detecting allowed in their parks.
Click on this link, and check off "other". Then type in
"responsible Metal Detecting" or "Metal Detecting under permit" or anything similar. Please do this today, you do NOT need to leave your name or email address.
Task Force Website

U.S. Archaeology News

An archaeologist has found physical evidence of De Soto's journey through Marion County.
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Celebrity Collector: Geoff Notkin remembers as a kid collecting rocks, mostly what I now know to be quartz stones.
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The Delta Aquarid and the Perseids meteorites will send spectacular showers across the sky over the next few weeks.
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Metal Detecting & Gold Prospecting Events

Now is the time to start planning and getting your club's 2013 hunt information on the web. The sooner it is out and available to the metal detecting community the greater the chance for people to see it and give your event some consideration.
Add Your Event Information Here